Agora Object: Agora XII, no. 1725
Dimensions:   H. 0.095; diam. 0.083.
Chronology:   Context ca. 520-490 B.C.
Deposit:   Q 12:3
Published Number:   AV 12.1725
References:   Object: P 24127
Ring askos, the sides rounding over into large central opening; saucer mouth; spout tilted back against handle. Buff slip or surfacing; good black glaze on rim, inside and out, on top of handle and for bands on wall, broad at top and bottom and a single narrow stripe between. East Greek.

A fragment of another, from a contemporary context, P 11054 D 15:1, shows the fabric, pinkish with a gray core, buff at the surfaces and sandy to the touch.

Others close, e.g., Sofia from Apollonia, a pair: Fouilles et Recherches, II, 1948, p. 44, fig. 50; and cf. Apollonia 1947- 1949, pls. 60-61; from Istria: Materiale, IV, 1957, p. 60, fig. 41 and Histria, II, pl. 74 (Grave I, 1); Materiale, VII, 1960, p. 276, fig. 3; from Kerch: Otchët, 1898 (1901), p. 18, fig. 17; from Rhodes, a pair in a burial of the first quarter of the 5th century: Cl. Rh., VIII, p. 152, fig. 138, to right and left of center (Ialysos, Grave 30-13 and -14).